The rise of empires - from Prussia to Germany

In 1415, the Electorate of Brandenburg, the predecessor of the Kingdom of Prussia, was still an inconspicuous one among all the electorates of the Holy Roman Empire; 500 years later, on the eve of the First World War, it had risen to become a European power competing for the position of world hegemony. How did it do it step by step? In the process of its rise, Prussia experienced four periods of decline and was once in danger of national extinction, but at critical moments in history, great men such as the Elector, Frederick the Great, Stein and Scharnhorst, and Bismarck emerged. How did they turn the tide and reverse the country's destiny? The 500-year history of Prussia's rise is also a history of the struggle of the Hohenzollern family. Through what struggles did this ruling family make Prussia continue to rise? In "The Rise of the Empire: From Prussia to Germany", a classic work co-authored by John Marriott, a famous British historian and tutor of modern and contemporary history at Oxford University, and Grant Robertson, these questions and thoughts have been brilliantly answered.